# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-kahn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:37:43.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-kahn"
name: "David Kahn"
slug: "david-kahn"
description: "David Kahn was an American historian, journalist, and writer. He wrote extensively on the history of cryptography and military intelligence."
tagline: "American historian, journalist and writer (1930-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Kahn_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-07"
deathDate: "2024-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.588235294117647
  historical:           12.027576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434810/"
    handle:    "nm0434810"
sources:
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    title: "David Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kahn"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn_(writer)"
    title: "David Kahn (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn"
    title: "David Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn"
    title: "David Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn"
    title: "David Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn"
    title: "David Kahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kahn"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump